Re: Random questions about "not" and "and"

Lurker taking the plunge...

On Dec 4, 2008, at 7:08 AM, Eugene Oh wrote:

> E.g. Mise e itte pan wo kainasai.
> Shop to go.GER bread OBJ buy.IMP
I'd probably just say,

Sebun(erebun)-de pan-wo katte kite. "Go buy some bread at 7-11." ;D

Um...in the tiger example, isn't everything after the "and" more of a
result clause than a command?
You can add an adverb, for example:  "Don't open the cage and
possibly/maybe let the tiger out."
The construction would be different in Japanese, too:

Tora-wo nigasanai you-ni, kago-wo akenai-de.
[Tiger-OJB not-let-escape so-that, cage-OBJ don't-open]
"Don't open the cage, so that you don't let the tiger escape." (Not
the prettiest English, of course.)

Anyway ... howdy.

Ron


P.S. Maybe something like "non-blue" for the adjectives? ;)